Incorrectly configured @EventListener methods

Reports incorrect @EventListener methods.

Example:

  @Configuration @ComponentScan
  open class Config

  data class MyEvent(val string: String)

  @Component
  class LogComponent {
    @EventListener // Method annotated with @EventListener must be public
    private fun logCommands(commandName: MyEvent) {}

    @EventListener // Method must have maximum one parameter
    fun processCommand(commandName: MyEvent, text: String) {}
  }

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

SpringEventListenerInspection

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection SpringEventListenerInspection

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025